Senior Product Owner

Summary

Join Jamf as a Senior Product Owner in Brno, Czechia, and play a pivotal role in developing valuable products that meet customer needs and align with company strategy. You will bridge the gap between business objectives and product development, working closely with product managers and engineering teams. Responsibilities include driving relationships with stakeholders, maintaining product backlogs, directing engineering teams, defining acceptance criteria, and collaborating on product improvements. This role requires a minimum of 5 years of experience in product ownership and team leadership, along with a bachelor's degree. Preferred qualifications include experience in Agile environments and with Atlassian software. Jamf offers a supportive and inclusive work environment with opportunities for growth and impact.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years working with, leading, and motivating teams
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant Product Owner experience, with a demonstrated track record of delivering quality products
• Bachelor's Degree

Responsibilities

• Drives and facilitates relationships with engineering teams and stakeholders to create and maintain the Product Backlog by continuously defining user stories, prioritizing backlog items, and evaluating scope
• Maintains and synthesizes cross functional team’s records of development status and backlog priorities in project tracking software (e.g. Jira)
• Directs and inspires multiple engineering teams to build the most valuable product, in the smallest shippable increments, with measurable high quality, to fulfill Jamf’s vision
• Defines acceptance criteria for each assigned product increment and validates outcomes during and after delivery
• Works with Product Managers and Engineering team(s) to break down work into increments small enough to plan and estimate with high confidence
• Defines Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and suggests metrics for monitoring and usage
• Deep understanding of the technology stack, architecture, and technical constraints of the technical product to make informed decisions and guide development efforts
• Documents and Guides technical integrations and dependencies
• Acts as the final decision maker to define what is in and out of scope for a product sprint
• Identifies, communicates, and mitigates when possible the risks to their product development plans
• Participates in Scrum ceremonies and events
• Subject Matter Expert (SME)  in assigned areas of responsibility by frequently communicating with customers and stakeholders in order to serve as the voice of customer for engineering teams
• Mentors and coaches other Product Owners on the core product owner responsibilities and about Jamf customers, products, and operations
• Leads efforts to improve Product operations, collaborating with Product Managers and Product Leadership
• Lead cross portfolio collaboration to develop, deliver and maintain software in working with senior stakeholders in both product and engineering
• May perform individual duties of a product manager to bridge the gap between business objectives and product development
• Performs other duties as required and completes all job functions as per departmental policies and procedures

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience as a member of a complex team, such as distributed/remote or international
• Minimum of 5 years delivering product in an Agile development environment
• Minimum of 5 years working with the Atlassian software suite
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field (e.g., Computer Science, Engineering)

Benefits

• Named a 2023 Best Workplaces for Women™ by Great Place to Work and Fortune Magazine
• Named a 2024 Best Companies to Work For by U.S. News
• You will have the opportunity to make a real and meaningful impact for more than 70,000 global customers with the best Apple device management solution in the world
• We constantly push the boundaries of technology, our developers support new innovations and OS releases the moment they are made available by Apple
• Several Jamf engineers are named in patents and with team names like CatDog, ThunderSnow and Dalek you can expect to have some fun while building cutting-edge software
• You will have the opportunity to work with a small and empowered team where the culture is based on trust, ownership, and respect
• We offer a clear career path that enables you to grow under supportive leadership and management